Snow for Christmas
Written and illustrated by Doretta Groenendyk
$12.95
Children's picture book, softcover
ISBN: 978-1894838-49-8
Published by Acorn Press
ABOUT THE BOOK
On Christmas Eve we were all together, sharing food and smiles, when someone asked me a question. "What would you like for Christmas?" I grinned at my family. Everyone stopped talking and waited for my answer. "Snow," I said shyly, "I would like snow." Dad grinned quietly at me and then asked, "Why do you want snow for Christmas?" I smiled. "I want snow, because snow brings stories."
Doretta Groenendyk's fourth book combines the whimsy and cheer of her vivid oil paints with the magic of a snowy Christmas to create this beautiful ode to storytelling. Prompted simply by her Christmas wish for snow, a child sits with her family, conjuring up their favourite snow-filled memories. From giant snowballs that race you down the hill to skiing off the roof, from snowmen goaltenders in pond hockey to caroling in a blizzard, each person's memory prompts another, creating a heart-warming book that is perfect for sitting around the tree, telling stories, while the snow falls outside.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Doretta Groenendyk delights in the colours, lines, and stories around her. Ideas float in, pictures dance, and the colours sparkle in her whimsical paintings that can be found in galleries throughout the Maritimes. Doretta is a recipient of the Nova Scotia Arts Council's Arts- Infusion and Presentation grants. She paints, illustrates, writes, and teaches art with her husband and three children on a small spot of land in Canning, in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. Doretta is the illustrator of the children's books Bounce and Beans and Burn (Acorn 2007) and Fiddles and Spoons.
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